A Dhaka court has placed Amir Hamza, a well-known speaker on Islam, on a 5-day remand in connection with a case filed over his alleged involvement in misinterpreting religion and stoking extremism through public speeches.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atikul Islam passed the order after police produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
Earlier, a team of the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Islamic orator Amir Hamza from his village home in Kushtia in the afternoon on Monday.
CTTC head M Asaduzzman told media that Amir Hamza was allegedly involved in provoking extremism and misleading explanation of religion.
He was being brought to Dhaka from Kushtia.
